LEGALIZE DRUGS TO KILL CRIME

THE EDITOR:

Re: 'Ed's death should spur us to take action against crime,' Oct. 30 Times
online edition.

What can actually be done to eliminate violent criminals running black
markets for drugs is to put them out of business.

The police will never be able to do this because as long as there is
demand for drugs, someone will be the entrepreneur who supplies them.

The only solution is one that many people are not yet ready to accept,
largely because of the amount of government-sponsored propaganda they
have consumed for the past 80 years.

The solution is to re-legalize all drugs in an age- and
quality-controlled market run by legitimate taxpaying businesses. This
was how Al Capone was put out of business and it is the only realistic
solution to all the problems and damage caused by our current war on
drugs.

David Lane,

Santa Cruz